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Mar. 13, 1923, Re. 15,563

G. H. WILLIAMS 'BED comwn FASTENING Ofiginal File Jan. 7 1915 Reissued Mar. 13, 1923.

f UNITED STATES I Re; 15563 PATQEQNT- .oFFIcE, I

GEORGE H. WILLIAMS, or PEOBIA, ILLINOIS, ASsiGNOB, nrfimsrm iAss emIEN'rs, 'ro SIMMONS COMPANY, or KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, A ooaPoaarIoN or DELAWARE.

- nEn conNER FASTENING.

Original No. 1,161,177, dated November 23,1915, Serial no, 1,001, filed was 7, 1915. Application m reissue filed October 28, 1919. Serial No. 334,082

To allwhom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. WI L AMS, a citizen of the United States, residin at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and tate of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed- Corner Fastenings,of which the following is a specification. v

The invention relates to an improvement in beds, and more particularly to the means for locking the corner posts and side rails.

of the bed together.

The inventlon has'for its primary objects,

the provision of an improved corner lock for fastening the siderails of a bed to the corner posts; t provide abed corner lock in which plainv lengths of structural iron or steel may be employed as side rails and detachably and securely locked. to the corner posts without the rail ends being specially equipped or fashioned for interlocking purposes; to provide a locking connection which requires no lateral projections or attachments on'therails, thereby materially lessening the. cost of manufacturing side rails for metal .beds andfacilitating nesting thereof for shipment; and to provide a construction enabling the side rails to be arranged and secured in a plurality of optional corner seats.

A specific application of my invention will be described in the following specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Fig. 1, is a perspective view showing portions of a corner post and side rail of a bed embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing one part of a clamplng device in full hues,

and a co-operating. part in dotted lines.

Fig. 4 is a perspectlve view of a clamping I block viewed in inverted position. Fig. 5

is an end view f the complete clamping device. y

In the drawings, 1 represents asection of the corner post of a bed, 2 one terminal of a side rail, and 3 a bracket attached to the corner post in any suitable manner, and as each bed corner will be similarly formed, it is considered sufficient for thepurpose 0 clearly disclosing the present invention, to g1 I movement, br ng ng 'the same, when ,arranged as illustrated; in contact wlth "the illustrate and describe a single bed corner and its cooperating parts only. I

f of the bolt The bracket may be attached to the corner post in any suitable manner, as by end wall thereof and through the corner post, a nut5 securing the .bolt in place, The bracket consists of a hollow casting substantially rectangular in formation with the I exception of one end thereof, which is closed as at-6,. and of concave formation to 'fit the tubular formation of the cornerpost. The

end 7 f the bracket is open so as to provide in effect a socket. forthe reception. of-the rail end 2, which isprefer ably'of angle iron,

and of a dimension in cross section so as to bereadily inserted in or withdrawn from the socket. I I I I "In order to hold the 'side rail against separationfrom the -bracket, I employa wedging devicev 8 whichis insertible into the socket "of thebracket'. and operable to force the rail end into frictionalbindingcontact with any 3 two adjoining sides, as for example,. the side and bottom"walls '9 and 10 of the bracket. The wedgi-ng device comprises what I preferably term a wedge-blockyll, having a rec- ,tangular head portion 12, and. an angular portion 13', comprising relative angular parts li. the edges of which converge from the head 12 and are. beveledin the same diagonal plane, as indicatedat 141.,44' in Fig. 3, Adapted to ride upon the beveled edges of the wedge-block is ,a binding block means of, abolt passed' through the closed 15, which is-rectangular in formation with theexception of one corner thereof,as in-' dicated at 16, which is cut away in a plane diagonally, of thelength thereof, so that one end of'the block will be larger than the other,

of 'thewedgeblock with the large and small ends of both blocks disposed infopposite directions. The binding block 15 isprovided with a screw-threaded bore17 adapted toire ceive a screw-threaded The bolt 18 passesrthrough an elongated the binding block resting upon the I edges 14- 14 bolt 1,8,havi1i'ga headlS from which extend I ears'20, for manipulating the same by hand.

the bolt head 19 hearing against the outer face of the block head 12. By manipulation 1,8,, the" binding block will be vena combined? longitudinal and lateral pp ri e and i W ll, 3pt1aeb t ket ,dfi wt fH-Ifi 1f ent ils xerts stress through the wedge 'block in a lateraland diagonal direction againstthe 5 vsurfaces 24:.a1rd ofiithe side"" nail, thus firmly wefclg-ing the ulattel 'i-agaiinst. enclwise movement. By retracting the binding block the side rail may be easily and 're- IQOYQCl Alsothe side rail maybetlll'g ed and locked in such a position' intlfe sa'ine manne i s wer 7 de c ibe a wil .b.

observed' tliat the lockin means jmaybefcarried or be i f iti i ake g ndld no e 1 I vwerera in -f k th lb l r e i zln biii hernia. i,

A, bad a 'i eice er r st ndw s de rails, elnpiisi gerseek ,me' eld t eqire the freilj nd wit in lj'd ge-bl" S k 11mwrecker; 1b ib ogs gc rz ie b h sd e hq and e fla iu tingi the-binding black, n

r n et a fl Yemen whe l ra and in h binding -Qngag sic-leiwa of t In iagapteil to bejfitted in either if l dmeteblue i -rop nally 7 Qthe so; w and, ,expansively adj nstablethereby stem a QkQt Mh be t h n a plurality o odrrler seats, means in the socket adapted to be optionally Withdrawn laterally from either corner seat to aiford an L-shaped space between either corner seat and said means for receiving theend of the angle iron, and an operatlng member for expansively ad- "justin'gsaid means in either Withdrawn position to contract the L-shaped opening and thel'eby jcl'afl ip theang'le iron in the socket. 6."I'n a bedstead corner fastening, the combination of a bed-post having a socket rigid therewith and extending laterally ;..roim and provided fw ith a pair" of ionalfjinternal' corner seats,]an angle iron Isiats' a'nd-a wed 11g means, located in the "sool ret,to,ptprnni'tf nsertion of the angle iron ineither of said seats, and expansively clamp theend of an 1e iron n her of said corner Seats. ."ili a'jhedstead cor er fast nin the, "combinationof an angle iron, a' bed-post I 'jprji oy ided "a""'p'lura1ity 0 corner ts, a elamp nien 'ber inthesocket and a life ending" thronghjsaid clamp member I e}; anfdi'ng thelatter in different direce the angle ofithe rail optionally Qft eswke in the orn ,8. a;'be d stead corr er fastening, the combinat 'efi of an anglefiron, a bed-post havin' a socket extending laterally, therefrom a dlhayglng optional corner seats, for the send jijf t helngle1ron, a screwextending into 'lsockeg' and lock ng means mounted on e i against ,bothfiangesoftheangle iron o the latter, is ji-Ifirtdin either seat and 1ampfthe endlof the angle iron ally in said seats. I v "9. lnra corner lock for take-down bedsjtead' jfljames, the combination, ,of a bed-post provided with a laterally extending socket, an, an le;1ron side-ra l hav1ng1tsend remova said socket, [said socket -b g jpr vide dlw th .upper and lower-op- ;tionalcorner seatslto receive the end of the angl I fplljessin'e,to clampr the angle iron in either iron" therein, a member forapplying seat and expansi'yelyadjustable means in the socket separable from' the corner seats and adapted to h were angle iron inserted 1c., means being adapted to for forcing the into either of the opand bodil shift-able, e an le iron, t permit lpplie d pressure into tWoc omg respectively towards the two of said corner .a socket extendingjllterdl 'theregeii'ron from either lseat from and provided with a corner seat, adapted to receive the end of the angle iron therein, a clamp member in the socket and a bolt extending through said clamp member, for expanding the latter in different directions, to force the angle of the rail in the angle of the seat.

11. In a bedstead corner fastening, the combination of a post, having a socket extending laterally therefrom, an angle iron adapted to have the end thereof inserted in the socket, a threaded adjusting member extending in the socket, and a plurality of interengaging Wedge members, expansively 15 operable by said threaded member for clamping the end of the angle iron in the socket.

12. In a bed corner fastening, the combination of a bed-post provided with a socket, an angular side rail adapted to be optionally inserted in the socketin a plurality of angular positions, and clamping means comprising a plurality of parts, havinga Wedge engagementwith one another, and a bolt extending, through said clamping means for expansively operating said parts to clamp the end of the angular side rail in the socket. 1 I

GEORGE H. WILLIAMS. 

